Given name & surname
Ozzy
“having great strength”·“a spear of the gods”·“a friend of deer”
Ozzy is a variant of Oz. One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.” In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. Interpretations include “a spear of the gods” and “a friend of deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ozzy is a variant of Oz. One Hebrew interpretation is “having great strength.” In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. Interpretations include “a spear of the gods” and “a friend of deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oswald. One English interpretation is “the power of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. A possible origin is Irish Gaelic, although the derivation remains uncertain. In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oswald. An origin associated with Oswald is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. In English usage, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oswald.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. The history of Oscar gives this family its wider story. Oscar’s naming history includes an association with the Ossianic poems popularized in the eighteenth century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ozzy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,534
- 4,180 boys · 354 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 618 babies
- 2025
- 618
- #549 for boys · #2,533 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +311%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 89% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 548 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 549 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 285.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 70 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (82). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,758 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ozzy’s family of names
In English usage, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oscar. In English usage, Ozzy has a related form in Ozzie. In English usage, Ozzy is a diminutive of Oswald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ozzy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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